Whole Foods Market, Inc.: brands it owns and its ownership tree
Whole Foods Market, Inc. is a publicly listed company headquartered in Austin, Texas, United States that is tracked here as an owner of consumer businesses, and has 1 recorded transaction.[1]
Whole Foods Market was the listed natural foods supermarket chain that made organic groceries mainstream in the United States. Activist investors pressed for a sale after several years of falling sales, and Amazon acquired it in 2017.
Amazon acquired Whole Foods Market for $42 per share in cash, its largest acquisition and its entry into physical grocery retail. Share prices of established supermarket chains fell sharply on the announcement, and Amazon cut Whole Foods prices within days of closing.